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The Keepers of the Gate
by Sydney C. Grier
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- Seller
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
William Blackwood and Sons, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. Illustrator: A. Pearce. pictorial covers in orange & black over light brown; b/w. map of Northern India printed inside front cover; b/w. frontis. illustration & 7 further throughout by A. Pearce; a stirring tale of the Indian or Sepoy Mutiny & the brave deeds of Britain's brave soldiers written barely a decade & a half after the event, so unlikely to refer to them as 'India's First Nationalist Uprising'. At the rear is a 64 page catalogue of Blackwood's publications. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 325 + 64 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact; now in archive acetate film protection. Slight foxing to page edges. no Dust Jacket as published.. Previous owner's signature in ink to fep.. Black titles spine. Illustrator: A. Pearce. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Pictorial Bindings; Historical Fiction; Indian Mutiny; India; 19th century; Fiction. Inventory No: 4150. .
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- Bookseller
- Bookbarrow
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4150
- Title
- The Keepers of the Gate
- Author
- Sydney C. Grier
- Illustrator
- A. Pearce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Children/Childrens Fiction/Fiction/India/Pictorial Bindings/Historical Fiction/Indian Mutiny/Sepoy Mutiny Children; Pictorial Bindings; Historical Fiction; Indian Mutiny; India; 19th century; Fiction. A. Pearce Unbranded Sydney C. Grier The Keep
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- Octavo
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